1. PowerPoint
Mrs. Klier

2. PowerPoint Terms
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Slide – individual page/screen
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Slide Show – group of slides organized in a sequence
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Presentation – the file containing the group of slides
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Object – any item that appears on a slide
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Transition – effect that occurs from one slide to next
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Animation – effect accompanying text/graphics/objects

3. Views
• Normal – main editing view
• Slide Sorter – view of slides as thumbnails
• Slide Show – view the presentation

4. Normal View
Slide
Pane
Outline
Notes

5. Normal View Cont’d
Thumbnail
View

6. Slide Sorter View

7. Slide Show View

8. PowerPoint
Guidelines

9. Keep it Simple
• Use bullet points – not paragraphs
• The fewer the better (4 max)
• Be concise – 5 words max
• Keep text easy to understand
• Bullets are the main points
• Presenter provides more details

10. Fonts
• Use large size (at least 24 point) for text
• Up to 44 point for titles
• Avoid fonts with “feet”
Times New Roman
• Use fonts w/out “feet” Arial
• Use two or three different fonts at most
• Be consistent

11. Capitalization/Punctuation
• Every bullet is followed by capital letter
• No complete sentences
• No periods, question marks, or exclamation
points
• Avoid ALL CAPS

12. Graphics
• Add to the message of the slide
• Should be related to slide content
• Place off center
• Limit graphics to one or two per slide

13. Color
• Use contrasting colors
• Use single background color, style, or theme
• Be consistent

14. Transition & Animation
• One to three different transitions
• Up to three different animations on bulleted text
• Too many animations can be distracting
• May take away from your presentation

15. Applying Transitions
• In Slide
Sorter View
• Click
Transition
• Select and
apply
transitions
• Indicates
transition has
been applied

16. Adding Animations
• In Normal
View
• Click Slide
Show
• Custom
Animation
• Animation
Pane will
appear on
screen

17. Adding Animations cont’d
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Select
object
Choose
Add
Effect
Select
effect you
want to
apply
Repeat
for each
object

18. The End!